Broom press



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BROOM PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I8. I92! Patented May 30, 1922.

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BROOM Specification of T 0 all whom may concern.

Be it known that L l VALnnn l Gnu, a citizen of the Unites States,residing at Diana in the county of Giles and State of Tennessee. haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Broom Presses, of whichthe following a specification. reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings. i This invention relates to broom presses for use inmanufacturing brooms and has for its object to provide a press capableof firmly holding the broom straw in the desired term for twining.

It is anoth r object of the invention to provide a device of thischaracter arranged to receive any quantity of broom straw, and whereinmeans are provided for firmlyholding the straw within the press.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of thischaracter wherein the means for holding the broom strawor materialwithin the press may be adjusted to accommodate the desired quantity ofma terial.

With these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in theimproved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter moreparticularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which 2 Figure 1 is a plan view of a broompress constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, aportion of the device being shown in section,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the struc ture shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an end view of the structure shown in Figure l, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the connecting means of the flexiblemember.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a body member or press having arelatively wide end portion 6, said end portion having a recess 7 whichextends inwardly a considerable distance and terminates adjacent theedges of said end. This recess is adapted to receive the broom straw ormaterial to be held in the manufacture of the broom. The longitudinaledge 8 01" the press inclines inwardly and then outwardly to provide aneX- tension 9, while projectingv from the longitudinal edge 10 is anextension 11, the end 12 of the body member being rounded, the

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Lettersfatent Patented May 30, 1922.

1921. Serial No..4='78,64 -0.

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The arms 13 formed by the recess 7 on the end 6 of the press are eachprovided with channels 1 adapted to receive a flexible clamping member15,' preferably a strap. The end 16 of the clamping member is secured tothe edge 8. o;t-tl1e press and is adapted to be disposed. in thechannels 14; of the arms 13 to preventthe member from movinglaterally ofthe end 6. The end 17 of the clamping member'is provided with a loop 18adapted to receive a hook 19 for holding the strap in various adjustedpositions.

Projecting from the edge 10 of the press adjacent the end 6 is a pair ofears 20, said ears being either attached to the body memher or termedintegral therewith. A lever 21 is pivoted at its end 22 between the cars20 and is intended to be disposedin parallel relation to the edge 10 ofthe press, the end 23 of the lever being arranged to substantiallyregister with the extension 11. The outer face of the lever is providedwith a longitudinally extending "recess 24, over hich a plate 25 isdisposed s i P 115W- ing a seriesof openings 26. One end of the plate isformed into a bearing27 adapted to receive a loop member 28. The loopmember is relatively large so as to permit the same to extend over theextension 11 and engage the rounded end 12 of the press, whereby thelever 21 is held substantially parallel to the edge 10 of the press.

In the use or the device, the broom straw or material is placed in therecess 7 of the press. and the lever 21 swung upwardly toward the end 6so as to permit the hook 19 to be disposed in the desired opening of theplate 25, according to the quantity of straw disposed in the recess. Thelever 21 is then swung downwardly toward the edge 10, whereby the strawis properly compressed within the recess 7 throughthe c0- operation ofthe flexible clamping member or strap 15. The loop 28 is then swung overthe extension and into engagement with the end 12. The broom material isthereby firmly clamped into position and is ready for twining, it beingimpossible for any of the broom straw to leave the bundle while heldwithin the press.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention providesa novel form of broom press which is simple in construction and may beoperated by anyone. It is of course obvious that I do not desire tolimit myself to the precise arrangement of the press, as various changesmay be made to permit th manufacture of brooms of var ous styles,without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed is l. A broom press embodying a body member having arecess for the reception of broom material, means carried by the bodymember for holding various quantities of broom material within therecess, said means comprising a flexible member secured at one end tothe press andadapted to extend over a recess, an adjusting membermovably con:

nected to the body member, the opposite end of said flexible memberbeing detachably connected to the adjusting member.

. 2. A broom press embodying a body member having a recess for thereception of broom material, and means carried by the body member forholding various quantities of broom material within the recess,saidmeans comprising a flexible member secured at one end to the body memberand adapted to extend over said recess, the opposite end of said memberbeing provided with hook, a lever pivoted to the body member, said leverbeing provided with means adapted to be'eng'aged by the hook to permitadjust 'ment of the flexible member according to the quantity ofmaterial within the recess, and means carried by the end of the lever toprevent movement of the lever with respect to'the body member- 3. Abroom press embodying a body member having a recess for the reception ofbroom material, and means carried by the body member for holding variousquantities of broom material within the recess, said means comprising aflexible member secured at one end to the body member and adapted toextend over the recess, the opposite end of said member being providedwith a hook, and a lever pivoted at one end to the body member andarranged to move toward the recess, a plate carried by the lever, saidplate having a series of openings adapted to receive a hook to hold theflexible member in various adjusted positions, and a loop carried by theend of the plate adjacent the free end of the lever, said loop beingarranged to extend over the end of the body member to hold the leversubstantially in parallel relation to the press.

4. A broom press embodying a body member having one end thereofbifurcated to provide a recess for the reception of broom material, aflexibl member secured at one end to one side of the body member and extending over the ends of the arms of the bifurcation, the opposite endof said member being provided with a hook, an adjusting lever pivoted atone end adjacent one of the arms of the bifurcation, a keeper carried bysaid lever, for the reception of the hook of the flexible member, theopposite end of said lever being provided with a fas-V tening memberadapted to embrace theopposite end portion of the body membertohold thelever in engagement with said "body member. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. I

WALKER P. one.

